What type of pest will defoliate peonies and baptisia australis?
Lynn in Parkton, Maryland
4 years ago
Whay types of pests defoliate peonies? The neighboring baptisia australis has also been defoliated. The deer are nibbling on them this year too, which they do not usually do, but this damage appears to be from an insect of some type. All peonies in this area are being defolianted but not those around the house, at least not yet. I have never had this issue before as these plants have been boom proof against deer and insects for years.
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Comments (23)Susan, I love your light stand and always will love it. I realize it was the best solution for you, but if I told Tim I wanted to buy one of those, he'd hand me a hammer and tell me to build my own....which is why I have the one that I have. : ) Mine is hidden away out of sight in a room where guests rarely venture, although anyone who knows me and who knows I raise my own seedlings always asks to go upstairs and see it in the spring. So much for putting it out of sight....I just should have set it up in the dining room or breakfast room or something.... I am sure you'll be deliriously happy with it and will have many wonder seed-starting adventures and I look forward to hearing all about them. I think you got a great deal considering it was Gardener's Supply. I never buy anything of theirs for full price. They have sales often enough (and especially in November when, I think, some of us gardeners are shopping for ourselves) that a person can be patient and get a good price during their periodic sales. I've noticed that prices often are not as good in December when gardeners' spouses or family members are doing what I call "panic Christmas buying" and cannot afford, time-wise, to wait for a sale. I don't think you were repetitive at all. The more we all share about what we do, how we do it and why we do it (as well as pointing out what didn't work for us!), the better for all of us to learn from one another's experiences! Carol, Our weather is just like yours. Our high was 70 degrees yesterday and it was so gorgeous outside I could hardly stand it. I wanted to jump up and down and scream "Spring Is Here!". That was exacerbated by the smell of the orange blossoms on my little orange tree. However, I controlled myself because I knew it was a false spring and that winter was returning today. It was 56 degrees around 7 a.m. here at our house and now it is 36 degrees and we have had very, very light rain but lots of thunder. Phooey on winter! I think you showed those folks at the co-op that one benefit of being a gardener is that it keeps your muscles and joints strong, healthy and fit. I'd rather "work out" in the garden any day, than walk on the treadmill or work out on the weight machine. Who wouldn't? Trees, Nope, sorry, I just haven't gotten to it. I am trying. Watch for it in a couple of hours or in the morning. I'm about to start typing mow after I close up the chicken coops, put out the deer corn for my favorite deer, refill the bird feeders (those little birdies are eating nonstop today trying to stay warm), etc. I'm kind of dreading going out into the cold wind but I need to do it now before it gets dark. I have to warn you that I don't use the same planting schemes every year because I don't want to get stuck in a rut, but I'll try to mention some of the planting schemes in my usual rotation. Dawn...See MoreBaptisia troubles
Comments (7)Matt, Have you moved them into shade to try to reverse their decline? I've moved all my containers of "full sun" plants onto the covered patio where they are getting sun only until noon. In this heat, they just can't handle more sunlight and heat because even in light-colored containers it seems like their roots are roasting. My best guess is that they are struggling with transplant shock combined with the higher-than-usual high temps that arrived so early in June this year. I've had leaves blacken like that was when a tree came down and 'full shade' plants were instantly exposed to 'full sun'. I suspect your plants might not have had a lot of hardening off to heat and sunlight before you received them. They should be able to handle our intense sunlight and heat just fine once established, but this is a hard year for anything to establish, even in pots. For what it is worth, if I had wanted to plant these plants this year and couldn't find large-sized transplants locally in April or early May, I probably would have done just what you did....so I don't think you did anything wrong, and I don't think that there's anything you could have or should have done differently. I just think this is a brutal weather year. Be sure you aren't overwatering them because their roots don't like too much moisture. Do your plants still have some green on them? I hope so. I'd probably feed them either alfalfa tea (soak some alfalfa rabbit pellets in water for a few hours) or liquid seaweed. Both of these have helped me save struggling plants in the past. Dawn...See MoreLynn in Parkton, Maryland
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4 years agoThank goodness it is Fall. All the acanthus are now defoliated. Will not be hard to clean up that bed now. Still cannot find anything on any of the plants. Whatever it is has moved on to the coneflowers.
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